The first four planets are often lumped together into the category of "inner" or "terrestrial" planets:
The last four are often lumped together into the category of "outer" or "gas giant" planets:
All of the dwarf planets are terrestrial. The only dwarf planet that can sometimes be called an "inner planet" is Ceres, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
the inner planets are rocky and warm and the outer planets are made out of gas and is cold
the inner planets are rocky and warm and the outer planets are made out of gas and is cold
They are the eight planets Mercury to Neptune.
There are eight major planets.
The Sun and it's eight major planets are part of the solar system. Our solar system also contains 5 dwarf planets (as of 2017) and more than 700,000 minor planets and other objects.
They are sometimes called "major planets" to distinguish them from the "minor planets" (the asteroids) and "dwarf planets" like Pluto.
The Sun and the eight major planets are part of our solar system.
The inner planets are small, the outer planets are huge in comparison.The inner planets have rocky surfaces, the outer planets are gas giants.All of the outer planets have rings. None of the inner planets does.All of the outer planets have several moons, some of them quite large.
Over 900 planets have been discovered orbiting other stars. These are called exoplanets.
The inner and outer planets
Inner rocky planets and outer gas giant planets. (There are also Ice giants and dwarf planets)
There are eight planets, which can also be loosely descibed as major planets. Below that there are dwarf planets and then minor planets, also know as asteroids.